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Performing Civility
Lisa McCormick considers the history of classical music competitions and their role in society by examining their highlights and ongoing controversies. She explains why, despite a widespread belief that performances cannot be ranked, aspiring musicians still enter them, professionals still judge them, and audiences still invest emotionally in the results.
Haunted Houses
Footsteps echo down empty hallways. Ghostly shadows float across rooms. Are ghosts real? Do they haunt houses and other places? Find out about haunted houses and how science is trying to solve this mystery.
Near-Death Experiences
A dark tunnel leads to a bright light. Feelings of peace and love become stronger. Can a person get a glimpse of what comes after death? Find out about near-death experiences and how science is trying to solve this mystery.
Mothman
Did people in Point Pleasant, West Virginia see a monster? Witnesses tell stories of a creature with red eyes and large wings. They called it Mothman. Find out about this strange creature and how science is trying to solve this mystery.
Ghosts
Unexplained noises echo in empty rooms. Strange images appear in photographs. Could ghosts really exist? Find out about ghostly events and how science is trying to solve this mystery.
Performing Civility
Although competitions in classical music have a long history, the number of contests has risen dramatically since the Second World War, all of them aiming to launch young artists' careers. This is not the symptom of marketization that it might appear to be. Despite the establishment of an international governing body, competitions are plagued by rumors of corruption, and even the most mathematically sophisticated voting system cannot quell accusations that the best talent is overlooked. Why do musicians take part? Why do audiences care so much about who wins? Performing Civility is the first book to address these questions. In this groundbreaking study, Lisa McCormick draws from firsthand observations of contests in Europe and the US, and in-depth interviews with competitors, jurors and directors, as well as blog data from competition observers to argue that competitions have endured because they are not only about music, they are also about civility.
The Opera Fanatic
Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world's stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? Opera lovers are an intense lot, Benzecry discovers in his look at the fanatics who haunt the legendary Colón Opera House in Buenos Aires.
Rise Up Singing
Lyrics and guitar chords for traditional and modern folk songs.
Myth, Meaning and Performance
The cultural and performative turns in social theory have enlivened sociology. For the first time these new developments are fully integrated into new approaches to the sociology of the arts in this important new book. Building on the established research into art worlds, what is interesting for the new sociology of the arts, understood in the broad sense to include popular culture as well the classical focus on music, painting, and literature, is the relationship between art works and meaning, myth, and performance. Also reflected in these rich essays, which range from Beethoven to John Lennon to Chinese avant garde artists, is the lived experience of the artist and its impact on the process of creation and innovation.
Michael Jordan
Presents a brief look at the life of Michael Jordan
